Combination tool



A. F. W ISNESKE COMBINATION TOOL Filed Aug. 8, 1924 //A//////l///?////d Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

ANTHONY F. WISNESKE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

COMBINATION TOOL.

Application filed August 8, 192-1. .Eerial No. 730,393.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY F. Wis- NESKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of hflichi ran, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Tools; and 1 do hereby declare the fol.- lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tools, and particularly to axes and picks.

One object is to provide an ax having a pick portion, and a hammer head arranged to be disposed in covering relation to said pick portion.

Another object is to provide means for securing the hammer head in covering the pick portion, whereby to permit firm at tachment of said head, while at the same time prevent damage to the said fastening means when blows are struck.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation. of an ax made in accordance with the invention, and showing the hammer head in position thereon;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional detail view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional detail View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referringparticularly to the accompanyinn' drawing", 10 represents the head. of the tool, which has the blade 11 and the pick point 12,- said pick point beinc: reduced in width and thickness to provide the shoulder 13. Formed through the pick point, intermediate the length thereof and in a line approximately parallel with the handle 141, is an opening 15. The hammer head comprises a body 16, which may be of any desired cross-sectional outline, and formed with a longitudinal tapering socket 17 in which is received the pick point 12. It will be noted, however, upon reference to Figs. 2 and 3, that the length of the recess or socket 17 is greater than the length of the pick point so that the terminal of said point is spaced from the inner end wall of the socket. Formed transversely through the hammer head body 1b, and intersecting the bore of the socket 17, are the alined openings 18 and 19, the former of which is greater in diameter than the latter and is of smooth bore, while the latter has a reduced threaded portion 19. The opening); 15 is elongated, longitudinally of the pick point, with its minor dimension equal to the diameter of the opening 18, or it may be circular the major portion of the opening 15 lying inwardly of the plane of the openings 18 and 19. Disposed through the alined openings 15 and 18 and 19, is a bolt 20 the shank of which is of a diameter to be snugly received in the opening 18, and the opening 15. The bolt is provided with a head, 011 one end, while the other end is reduced in diameter and threaded for engagement in the portion 19 of the opening 19. The hammer head is preferably tapered toward its striking end. as seen in the drawing, while its inner or larger end rests on the shoulder 13. It will be noted that the pick point and the socket are-so formed that said point Will not wedge in the socket, as the hammer head is used to strike blows, thereby permitting the easy re moval of the head. FHIthGPDIOTG, by reason of the elongation of the o 'ienine' 15, when the hammer is used to strike a blow, there will be no force applied upon the bolt 20, thus protecting the bolt and the threads thereof from damage. The impact of a blow of the hammer head is sustained on the shoulder 13. Furthermore, the bolt can be easily removed.

What is claimed is:

A tool including); a head having a pick point provided with av transverse opening which is elongated longitudinally of the point, a hammer head having a socket in which is received the pick point and transverse openings alining with the outer portion of the elongated opening. the tool head having; a shoulder at the base of the pick point against which the said hammer head bears, and a bolt disposed through the openings of the pick point and hammer head and threaded into one of the openings of the hammer head.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ANTHONY F. VISNESKE. 

